Welcome to the Year 7 English Wiki Page

English Staff 2016

Jacki Baldry
Jacqui Franks - leader
Chris Leunig
Elaine Nieva
Wendy Steel
Kathleen Timms


Year 7 English and Humanities Scope and Sequence 2016

Semester ONE
TERM ONE	ENGLISH	HUMANITIES
	Introduce Reading Strategies Narratives (link to timeline by modelling autobiography of iconic person)	Chronology and Timelines Introduction to History
	ASSESSMENT CAIs: Formative Assessments Semester One
	1. “Box of Me” Oral 2. Writing Folio – Biography (Questioning skills, grandparent piece), Creative (scary/memorable moment)	1. Timeline Poster – Iconic autobiography (linked to narratives via modelling) 2. Decade Presentation (group task, bibliography and research skills)
TERM TWO	Boy Overboard	Ancient Civilisation Workshops How to Research
	3. Text Response: TEEEL Paragraphs	3. Source Analysis Test
	Summative Assessments for Semester One
	4. Theme Responses 5. Character Reflections 6. Knowledge Quest 7. Spelling Tests 8. Reading Journals	4. Travel Journal (with at least one creative entry from an ancient perspective)
Semester TWO
	ENGLISH	HUMANITIES
TERM THREE	Fairy Tales	Introduction to Geography – world map and Australia map Place and Liveability
	ASSESSMENT CAIs: Formative Assessments Semester Two
	1. Writing Folio - Fractured tale	1. Fieldwork Task: Poster 2. Source Analysis: Analytical Test
TERM FOUR	Continue Fairy Tales Poetry	Continue Place and Liveability Water
	2. Comparative Text Response 3. Lyric assignment: Oral	3. Place Report – Bibliography, Human Impact and changes
	Summative Assessments for Semester Two
	4. Poetry Anthology (Not on report) 5. Knowledge Quest 6. Spelling Tests 7. Reading Journals	4. World Map (Continents with an overlay of water rainfall) - BOLTSS

‍Year 7 Course Outline

The year 7 course aims to enhance skills already developed in the primary years in English.The course is carefully structured to include skills in listening,reading and viewing receptive modes and speaking, listening and creating productive modes. In this transitional year, students develop a deeper understanding of the complexity of a text and the various textual structures and features writers employ, to create meaning. In addition, the students are provided with opportunities to create their own responses.Emphasis is given to assist pupils to understand how language features may influence an audience. Students create texts to show how particular language features from other texts can be combined for specific purposes and effects. All tasks are designed to encourage independent and cooperative learning. A special feature of the course also includes a unit on Poetry.

Term 1 2016

Unit 1 - 2014

Yr 7 Developing Connections at Mason House.docx

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Reading
Year 7 - Unit 1 2014 - Making Connections - English/Hums



All About Me Unit + Materials etc

Year 7 Unit 2 All About Me.docx

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- ignore the unit 2 - it's unit 1



These opening tasks are rough ideas on a lesson that introduces students to writing and types of writing before moving into autobiographical writing









Persuasive Writing Unit + Materials


BElow are links to pages on topic of animal cruetly. Videos are probably toos trong for Year 7 so don't play them, but the language is useful to explore as examples of perusasive writing.
http://animalrescuecorps.org/2011/01/tear-down-the-cages/

http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/factory-farming.aspx

http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/confinement_farm/

http://www.veganpeace.com/animal_cruelty/circuses.htm

http://www.mcdonaldscruelty.com/

http://e4ac.edu.au/units/year-7s/sequence03.html = AusVELS unit that could be used for next year. Possibly also link persuasive to Boy Overboard??
Cross-curricular Unit Hugo + Materials





Poetry Unit
http://goingdownswinging.org.au/site/how-to-get-teenagers-interested/

‍Global Citizenship Unit- Support Materials and Teachers' Lesson Plans

http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,308943282001_2007270,00.html = TIME photo of Afghani girl etc
http://www.rethinkrefugees.com.au/the-facts/fact-3/

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Text Response Essay Planner- Boy Overboard.doc

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Boy Overboard - final activity.doc

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Guess Chapter 18-23.docx

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Guess Chapter 24-30.docx

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Guess Chapter 31-36.docx

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Guess Chapter 37-42.docx

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year 7 scim and scan info guidelines.docx

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THINK PAIR SHARE.docx

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Student guidelines for persuasive writing.docx

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PERSUASIVE WRITING TEMPLATE 2.docx

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YEAR 7 Research.docx

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UNIT COMMUNITY AND BELONGING

year 7 unit 2 Community..docx

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RESOURCES




NAPLAN materials

Links to Teachers' Wiki Spaces

Unit 1b - Assessment Advice and Rubrics

Unit 2 - Community and Belonging

Ideas for 2014

Do Boy Overboard earlier and use as springboard for persuasive writing?
Use the AATE we bsite branding etc

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Unit 4" Hugo " Teaching and Support Materials





2014 Ideas
Start with independent reading strategies and use those for Boy Overboard and then useBO isse for context style writing adn peruasive wriring and debating. Only do Box of Me in term 1. Do autobiography in term 2. Just do very brief revise of NAPLAN before test.
This weekend, I heard the government announcement discussed in the radio program linked below. It was pretty shocking. The ad is incorporated into the radio show… http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3807292.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFZz6ICzpjI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFZz6ICzpjI